Los Angeles Antiques Show at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica (April 23-27, 08)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

THE LOS ANGELES ANTIQUES SHOW ADDS EXHIBITORS,
DESIGNER INSTALLATIONS, RENEWS ITS CHARITY PARTNERSHIP WITH P.S. ARTS AND WELCOMES TITLE SPONSOR MERCEDES-BENZ USA
 
The 13th Annual Showcase Will Be Held On April 24-27,
2008 in Los Angeles
 
Los Angeles (December 16, 2007) – Presented by the
Antique Dealers Association of California (ADAC), The
Los Angeles Antiques Show 2008 announced that the show
will return to Los Angeles for a 13th year with a
newly defined aesthetic. The Antiques Dealers
Association of California, designers Waldo Fernandez
and Joe Nye, along with the Show’s chair and Obsolete
gallery owner, Ray Azoulay will work together to
achieve these significant changes. The Antiques Show
has joined hands once again with charity partner P.S.
ARTS who welcomed title sponsor Mercedes-Benz USA to
celebrate this year’s NOT TO BE MISSED Opening Night
Preview Party, on the evening of Wednesday, April 23,
2008. The Opening Night Preview Party will be the
first buying opportunity and kick off the weekend long
event with extraordinary designer installations,
crossing vocabularies of collecting and decorating, a
stellar Mercedes-Benz USA installation, lecture
series, book signings, tours for families, champagne
brunch, and ultimately the masterful presentation of
65 of the premier antique and fine art dealers from
the United States and Europe.
 
The extraordinary entranceway will set the tone for
the Los Angeles Antiques Show. The first installation
will showcase Mercedes-Benz USA vehicles “from then to
now”, leading into an “interior designer installation”
space featuring the work of Windsor Smith and Joe Nye
with more designers to come, and finally, before
entering the show, guests will experience the 40 foot
antique filled movie trailer designed by hip young
designer Jane Hallworth. Guests will be able to enjoy
this remarkable three fold entrance and also frequent
it over the weekend since this is where lectures, book
signings and champagne toasts will take place before
entering the Antiques Show each day.
 
The Los Angeles Antiques Show is a widely anticipated
event featuring 65 premier antique and fine art
dealers from the United States and Europe, including
first time exhibitors, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NY, Amy
Perlin Antiques, NY, Geoffrey Diner, DC, Suzanne
Rheinstein of Hollyhock, CA, Polyedre Antiques,
Belgium, and some of our returning exhibitors such as,
Kentshire, NY, Daniel Stein, CA, Greg Nanamura, NY,
and Il Segno del Tempo, Italy. All 65 exhibitors
represent various furniture, objects, decorative arts,
photography, and paintings from antiquity through the
20th century. Each piece in this international show is
authenticated through a vetting process by
accomplished and experienced experts in their
respective fields.
 
The four day event is attended by leading design
professionals such as Michael Smith, Kelly Wearstler,
Joe Nye, Craig Wright, Karin Blake, Rose Tarlow, Waldo
Fernandez, Windsor Smith, Kathryn Ireland, Laurie
Ghilimetti, Douglas Durkin, Jane Hallworth, Erin
Ferucci, Barclay Butera, Thomas Beeton, Jay Holman,
Kerry Joyce, Ron Radziner,  Leo Marmol, Steven
Shortridge, important collectors, Victoria Jackson,
Blaine Halvorson, Kristin Smith, Brett Hoffer, Joel
Silver, Mollie and Richard Mulligan, Peter Markman,
Brittany Lovett, and celebrities such as Barbra
Streisand, Blythe Danner, Molly Sims, Rita Wilson,
Steven Spielberg, Penny Marshall, and notable guest,
California Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Renowned
event-designers Caskey-Lees produce the four day event
which presents the exhibitors with professionalism and
style at Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Air Center
. The Opening Night Preview Party is produced by
Carleen Cappelletti, of Best Events.
 
On behalf of the Antiques Dealer Association of
California, Ray Azoulay states, “We have continued to
evolve the show and it’s components to reflect the
dynamic creative community we serve in Los Angeles .
Our goal is to continue to inspire, enhance and create
excitement by having exhibitors who present the very
best of their respective vocabularies in unique and
creative settings. This year in particular we are also
expanding our efforts to have visitors return over the
course of the weekend and experience the comprehensive
and exciting event schedule. We are especially honored
to continue our charity partnership with P.S. ARTS and
are equally excited by having Mercedes-Benz USA as the
Title Sponsor for the Opening Night Preview Party. We
all have recognized the important mission of restoring
art education in our public school system, and
supporting the continued work of P.S. ARTS in
educating and supporting our future artists.”
 
PS ARTS Chairperson, Maria Bell states, “We are
honored to be the beneficiary of the Los Angeles
Antiques Show’s Opening Night Preview Party yet again
this year.  By partnering with ADAC to celebrate art
from our past, P.S. ARTS is able to uphold its mission
of restoring arts education to students in public
schools.”

The Opening Night Preview Party will kick-off this
year’s event. Benefiting partner P.S. ARTS, the
Preview Party will bring together more than 1,000 of
the community’s most influential individuals. With the
help of Title Sponsor, Mercedes-Benz USA , the Preview
Party will honor elite members of the art, design,
architecture and entertainment worlds.
 
The Antique Dealers Association of California, founded
in 1924, is a group of knowledgeable dealers pledged
to integrity and fair dealing in the buying and
selling of antiques. Members are experts in their
individual fields with inventories ranging from 17th
century baroque to Americana , from 18th century
ceramics to fine rugs and textiles, from fine art to
Asian antiquities to 20th century photography and
design.
 
P.S. ARTS is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization
dedicated to restoring arts education programs to
public elementary and middle schools in disadvantaged
areas, predominately serving children who live at or
below the national poverty level.  P.S. ARTS, which
was originally founded by Paul Cummins as an outreach
project of the Crossroads Community Foundation,
provides comprehensive, skills based, and sequential
classes in visual arts, music, theater and dance to
nearly 12,000 students in Los Angeles County and
California’s Central Valley.  P.S. ARTS also offers
arts-related workshops for classroom teachers,
integrating creative expression and arts into the core
curriculum. Recognized by local, county and state
agencies as an outstanding arts provider, P.S. ARTS
now serves as a national model, advocating arts for
all students.  P.S. ARTS strives to raise more money
to provide even more children with access to the arts.
  
The Opening Night Preview Party will be held at Barker
Hangar at the Santa Monica Air Center on Wednesday,
April 23, 2008.  The Collectors’ Preview will be held
from 5:00 pm – 7:00pm and the Preview Party will be
held from 7:00pm – 10:00pm.
 
The Los Angeles Antiques Show, also taking place at
Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Air Center, has show
hours from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm on Thursday, 4/24,
Friday, 4/25 and Saturday, 4/26.  Show hours on
Sunday, 11/27 at 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Ticket prices
will be $15 for daily admittance, which includes
catalog. For more information about the LA Antiques
Show, please visit www.psartsantiques.com, call
310.455.2886 or contact B|W|R Public Relations.